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List:       openembedded-core
Subject:    Re: [OE-core] [PATCH 22/24] scripts/lib/wic/partition.py: do not set FAT size
From:       "Alexander Kanavin" <alex.kanavin () gmail ! com>
Date:       2021-02-28 19:21:24
Message-ID: CANNYZj9gTX1MRR0WVnp3ZvCB18z616PVWyb0f+asziuWv6_w4g () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Sun, 28 Feb 2021 at 20:16, Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On 2/28/21 7:37 AM, Alexander Kanavin wrote:
> > Modern dosfstools automatically determines the appropriate size
> > and will error out if something that doesn't make sense is
> > supplied on the command line.
>
> leaving it to tool seem to make it non-deterministic, is there any
> disadvantage of using a manual fallback default
>

It is fully deterministic and depends on the filesystem size. Also it's an
internal filesystem detail no one cares about as all sizes are nowadays
supported by all FAT drivers.

Alex

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<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 28 \
Feb 2021 at 20:16, Khem Raj &lt;<a \
href="mailto:raj.khem@gmail.com">raj.khem@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px \
0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> <br>
On 2/28/21 7:37 AM, Alexander Kanavin wrote:<br>
&gt; Modern dosfstools automatically determines the appropriate size<br>
&gt; and will error out if something that doesn&#39;t make sense is<br>
&gt; supplied on the command line.<br>
<br>
leaving it to tool seem to make it non-deterministic, is there any <br>
disadvantage of using a manual fallback \
default<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It is fully deterministic and depends on \
the filesystem size. Also it&#39;s an internal filesystem detail no one cares about \
as all sizes are nowadays supported by all FAT \
drivers.</div><div><br></div><div>Alex</div><br></div></div>



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